Coulomb Excitation of 7Li

Coulomb excitation of the 0�478 MeV, J1t = t-, first excited state of 7Li has been studied using beams of 7Li ions and targets of 138Ba and 208Pb. Spectra of the scattered particles were measured at 171� using an annular Si surface-barrier detector (l 38Ba and 208Pb targets) and at 90� using an Enge split-pole magnetic spectrometer (208Pb targets). For each experimental configuration, the bombarding energy at which nuclear interference became significant was determined experimentally. An analysis based upon the reorientation effect yielded the following results: the static electric quadrupole moment of the J1t = t- ground state (Q3/2-) is -4�0� 1�1 efm", the contribution of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) to the Coulomb-excitation cross section is 2�7 �0�2 times as great as would be calculated from the hydrodynamic model, and B(E2;t-~t-) is 7�42�0�14e2fm4 ? The value obtained for Q3/2- is in excellent agreement with results reported from atomic- and molecular-beam spectroscopy and from Coulomb scattering of aligned 7Li. Thus it provides a strong verification of the validity of the reorientation-effect technique for the determination of nuclear quadrupole moments, provided that the GDR effect is treated adequately.